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to attack sites in Iran.
“Israel is pushing deeper into Lebanon, and it's now striking the suburbs and the Lebanese”
capital be rude. Iran is attacking Israel, but NPR's Ayah Batrawi reports Iran is also firing on several other countries in the Persian Gulf region. We're seeing these attacks on these countries because they host U.S. troops and because they host U.S. forces that are actively now at war with Iran and have made very clear
from the assassination of Khmeini that this is about regime change. This is not about diplomacy or trying to bring Iran back to the negotiating table when you take out its supreme leader. This is about regime change in fomenting the kind of chaos that really is going to ricochet across the region as we're seeing.
NPR is Ayah Batrawi reporting. Shipping traffic remains stalled in the street of Hormuz, that's the narrow waterway controlled
by Iran, and 20% of the world's crude oil goes through there, as well as critical amounts
of natural gas.
“Countries such as Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates could be forced to reduce or even”
stop their oil output. Qatar has already halted all its shipments of natural gas. Asian and European nations badly need these energy supplies. President Trump is promised the U.S. will escort ships in the region, but that hasn't yet happened.
The House's block to measure to limit President Trump's war powers in Iran. It comes after the Senate rejected a similar resolution on Wednesday. NPR's Claudia Grisallos reports, "How Speaker Mike Johnson said blocking further operations in Iran now would have been a "dangerous gambit."
"It would have been a very serious misstep by Congress, and I'm grateful that that resolution
failed." Both U.P. led chambers block the bill largely along party lines, and the House, Kentucky Republican Thomas Massey, and California Democrat wrote "Conan teamed up again to force the vote."
“Only one other Republican, Ohio Congresson Warren Davidson, joined Massey to advance the resolution.”
Democrats saw four defections, including Maine's Jared Golden, and Henry Quayart of Texas, who sided with the GOP. Claudia D'Sullis and beer news? The Capitol. President Trump says he will name Oklahoma Senator Mark Wayne Mullin to run the Department
of Homeland Security, Trump fired D.A. just later Christy Nome yesterday.
Minnesota Public Radio Shondor Colvin reports on reaction from officials in that state.
Secretary Nome has been under criticism from state leaders over some of the tactics used during the federal surge in Minnesota, and especially after the killing of too many apolis protesters, Renee Mackling Good, and Alex Pretty. Governor Tim Walls posted to social media stating that it's "good she's gone." Senator Tina Smith says she "welcome to the news, but that it won't bring back Mackling
Good and Pretty." For NPR News, I'm Chandra Colvin in St. Paul. It's in PR. A federal panel has delayed a vote on President Trump's new ballroom at the White House until April.
The President tore down the east wing for this, but there have been about 35,000 public comments submitted about the construction, and they're almost all negative. On comment said, "the size and design of the proposed White House ballroom are hideous." The panel heard testimony from 31 people yesterday about the proposed ballroom in all but one opposed it.
The state department says it is re-establishing diplomatic relations with Venezuela's interim authorities. The embassy was closed seven years ago, and Piers Michel Colman reports. After the Trump administration ousted Nicholas Maduro in a military operation earlier this year, the State Department has been working to re-establish diplomatic presence there.
Now it's said it's agreed with Venezuela's interim authorities to re-establish diplomatic and consular relations. The State Department calls this a "step-to-promote stability and support economic recovery in Venezuela." At the White House President Trump said the interim leader Delcy Rodriguez has been doing
a "fantastic job" working with his administration. He also praised Secretary of State Marco Rubio and said his next job will be Cuba. Michel Colman and PR News, the State Department officials in Cuba say "power is slowly returning to Western parts of the island that were knocked off line this week." Cuba's power grid is fragile, and now the Trump administration is blocking fuel shipments
to that country. I'm Corva Coleman, and PR News, and Washington.
